Monday, July 20, 2009

Back when I was a sugar beet breeder

When we planted sugar beets it was often really muddy, so we wore yellow plasticy overalls and rubber boots. I had claimed the nicest overalls, since after all I was the only college graduate and I needed at least one perk, right?

One day I was putting my boots on and I felt something in the toe. It wasn't really uncomfortable, but I figured it'd only get worse, so I took my boot off and shook it out. A live mouse fell out. My co-workers screamed, so Charles came out, grabbed my overalls, threw them over the mouse and stepped on it. He didn't understand when I didn't want to wear my mouse blood covered overalls ever again after that.

I don't do mice.

2 comments:

Dani said...

haha!!! You make me laugh Andrea!

Jenny and the Boys said...

Oh, do you still have mice nightmares? I would and might myself. I don't do mice either. Funny story though.